Cosa and the colonial landscape of Republican Italy (Third and Second centuries BCE) / Andrea U. De Giorgi, editor.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

De Giorgi, Andrea U., editor.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Conference Name:

Langford Conference of the Department of Classics (2014 : Florida State University)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations--Italy--Cosa (Extinct city).

Excavations.

Cosa (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2019]

Summary:

"This important new volume examines archaeological evidence of Roman colonization of the Middle Republican period. Themes of land use, ethnic accommodation and displacement, colonial identity, and administrative schemes are also highlighted. In delving deeply into the uniqueness of select colonial contexts, these essays invite a novel discussion on the phenomenon of colonialism in the political landscape of Rome's early expansion. Roman urbanism of the Middle Republican period brought to the Italian peninsula fundamental changes, an important example of which, highlighted by a wealth of studies, is the ebullience of a dense network of colonies, as well as a mix of senatorial tactics and individual initiatives that underpinned their foundation. Whether Latin, Roman or Maritimae, colonies created a new mesh of communities and, altogether, imposed a new topography; more subtly, they signified the mechanisms of the rising hegemony. This book brings to the fore the diversity, agendas, and overall impact of a 'settlement device' that changed the Italian landscape and introduced a new idea of Roman town"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The colonial landscape of the Middle Republic : the state of the question / Andrea U. De Giorgi

Cosa : how perfect! How come? / R. T. Scott

The foedera navalia of Paestum and Cosa and the radical switch in Roman colonial policy between 273 and 268 BCE / Mario Torelli

The Brundisium elogium (AE 1954.216) and the history of republican colonization / Seth Bernard

Cosa revealed : Augustus, a new development, and the shape of an "odd colony" / Luisa Balandat, Christian Hübner, Stefan Giese, Richard Posamentir, and Maxamilian Rönnberg

Ariminum : the making of a Latin colony in northern Italy / Ann Glennie

Between colonial echoes and urban transformations : the case of Norba / Stefania Quilici Gigli

Interamna Lirenas, a history of "success"? Long-term trajectories across town and countryside (fourth century BCE to fifth century CE) / Alessandro Launaro

Rusellae between crisis and revival : the evidence for colonial status / Paolo Liverani

Forum Novum and the limits of Roman colonization in Italy / Gary D. Farney

Regionalism or romanitas? Network approaches to architectural terracottas at Minturnae and Cosa / Sophie Crawford-Brown

Colonial waters : an examination of bathing culture in Mid-Republican colonies / Allison Smith

Rome : the flexible archetype? / Tesse D. Stek.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472125951

0472125958